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ARTICLE 43. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress deems it advisable that 



The American Republics agree upon a uniform date for the taking 



of the census, and that uniform methods be adopted in the 



collection, arrangement, and presentation of commercial and 



demographic statistics. 



ARTICLE 44. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress is of the opinion that 



It is highly desirable to make a scientific study of the systems of 

 . taxation existing in the different American Republics. 



ARTICLE 45. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress urges that 



The American Governments, deriving important revenues from the 

 consumption of alcohol, organize their systems of taxation in 

 such manner that their economic interests be subordinated to 

 the higher interests of a social and moral order, which tend 

 to the suppression of alcoholism. 



ARTICLE 46. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress deems it desirable 



That the monetary systems of the American Republics be subjected 

 to careful scientific study, with a view to making the experi- 

 ence of each available to all. 



ARTICLE 47. 



The^Second Pan American Scientific Congress especially and earnestly 

 recommends, in order to unite the various technical, medical, 

 legal, and other scientific associations of the American 

 Republics 



The establishment of a Pan American Intellectual Union, to be 

 divided into such groups and sections as may be deemed 

 convenient or advisable, the details whereof are contained 

 in the records of the Congress and in the form of four propo- 

 sitions devoted to the proposed Union, which may, in the 

 opinion of the Congress, be carried into effect either through 

 the instrumentality of the Pan American Union or by means 



